AND THE EMMY GOES TO . . .: May 2009

Well, it's about time to post again since Emmy's almost in kindergarten. Just kidding! But she will be turning 2 in about 2 months and that's pretty ridiculous. Below I have a sampling of pictures, in no particular order, of the last couple months of Emmy. She's becoming quite the big girl with all of her talking and moving...

To make sure that she has the most attention possible, Emmy shouts "Mommy, Gaddy, Mommy, Gaddy, Gaddy, Mommy!!" when she wants to say something, even when we're both standing right there and even if one of us is away. Just covering all the bases!
The organization of the blankets: somehow Emmy has become attached to not one, but three blankets, which makes for quite the sleeping ensemble. Magic blankie (the green one) is still top tog and truly essential. She won't nurse without it and it has to be on top so that she can feel it. (It's amazing to me that she knows the different texture of each blanket in the dark and knows when one is missing.) Sometimes in the morning when she wakes up we can hear the organizing taking place: "No!... Bankie!... Oh nooo!" Tisk tisk, you unruly blankies.
Emmy's been to the open gym at one of the gymnastics places a few times now, and she loves running around, watching the other kids, dancing to the kid tunes, and laughs a deep belly laugh when Mommy jumps on the trampoline with her.
She's also been attending storytime at the library and while she begins shyly sitting on my lap, she's dancing around 15 mintues later, doing her own version of The Hokey Pokey, integrating Downward Dog and saying "jip, jip!" (jump, jump).

So those are a few stories of what we've been up to. We're headed to Kansas next week to see family, friends, and those cute little doggies, Newt and Barry, who Emmy calls "Nut" and "Beery." Enjoy the pictures!